Profile: Lawyer spends career practicing law and studying the profession

When Stephanie A. Scharf went to college in the early 1970s, she didn't even think about going to law school."I literally never knew a woman lawyer when I was growing up," said Scharf, who spent her childhood in New Jersey and California. "I never thought that women could be lawyers. It just never entered my mind."One of her role models was an aunt who worked as a college professor, so …

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